NameScout

A practical name availability check across the registries you actually publish to.

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NameScout

NameScout

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Live across 12+ registries

Check the name before you start the repo.

Search domains, package registries, code hosts, and plugin marketplaces from one practical report. No hype. Just the collisions that matter.

Package registries and distribution first
Domains and brand surfaces first
Package and GitHub collisions first
Marketplaces and publisher names first
~/codenpm →
$ npx namescout-cli redis
Score 11 / 100 · Name collision risk
Domains
✗ redis.com taken
✓ redis.dev available
Package registries
✗ npm taken
...
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Provider coverage

Obscure enough to be useful.

Live checks across the registries developers actually publish to. Two more on the way.

Domains
npm
PyPI
GitHub
crates.io
RubyGems
Packagist
Docker Hub
Homebrew
VS Code
Chrome Web StoreSoon
ObsidianSoon

Report

Name collision risk

22

dprint.com

domain · DNS records found

taken

dprint.dev

domain · DNS records found

taken

npm

package · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

package · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

GitHub org/user

code · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Docker Hub

distribution · Docker namespace exists

taken

Recommended actions

  • ✓Buy dprint.ai first
  • ✓Reserve RubyGems package
  • ✓Review GitHub namespace collision

Full report

Domains

dprint.com

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

dprint.dev

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

dprint.io

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

dprint.app

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

dprint.ai

medium confidence · No DNS record found

available

dprint.co

high confidence · DNS records found

taken

Package registries

npm

high confidence · Exact npm package exists

taken

PyPI

high confidence · Exact PyPI project exists

taken

crates.io

high confidence · Exact crate exists

taken

RubyGems

high confidence · Gem name is clear

available

Packagist

high confidence · No vendor packages found

available

Code hosting

GitHub org/user

high confidence · GitHub namespace exists

taken

Marketplaces

VS Code

high confidence · Publisher namespace exists

taken

Distribution

Docker Hub

high confidence · Docker namespace exists

taken

Homebrew

high confidence · Homebrew formula exists

taken

Near matches

Similar names already exist

Even when your exact name is free, these are close enough to cause confusion.

  • @dprint/formatter

    npm

    Wasm formatter for dprint plugins.

  • dprint-node

    npm

    A node API for the dprint TypeScript and JavaScript code formatter

  • @dprint/markdown

    npm

    Wasm module for dprint-plugin-markdown.

  • @dprint/toml

    npm

    Wasm module for dprint-plugin-toml.

  • devongovett/dprint-node

    GitHub

    A node API for the dprint TypeScript and JavaScript code formatter

  • miykael/3dprintyourbrain

    GitHub

    How to 3D print your brain from a T1 MRI image.

  • Sakati84/3DPrintColorizer

    GitHub

    Software & Hardware to do multi color printing with Sharpies

  • dprint/dprint-plugin-typescript

    GitHub

    TypeScript and JavaScript code formatting plugin for dprint.

  • dprint-py

    PyPI

    a pluggable and configurable code formatting platform.

  • pydprint

    PyPI

    An easy-to-use debug print tool for deep learning studies in python.